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of house and home, half naked, their provisions and clothing being all destroyed.
WALK RIGHT IN
One day, while a settler was away from home, a neighbor from some eight miles away, came near his cabin hunting his stray horses. Being very hungry he called to get something to cat, but the door was fastened on the inside. The owner had taken this precaution to keep hungry Indians away from his food supply. The visitor looked for another place to enter. As the owner had got out without unfastening the door, he ought to be able to get in. Climbing on the roof he removed some shingles. Soon he was in¬ side and cooking supper for himself of what the owner had on hand, and some prairie chicken eggs, which he had found. He had a rare meal for a new country. On leaving, he went out the way he came in, replacing the shingles. When he met the owner again he told him how he had enjoyed his hospitality, and of course it was all right.
THE STAGE TAVERN
In 1836, Dr. James Heath erected a building, 16 by 16 feet square, at East Wisconsin City, on the Rock River. Here he opened a tavern and a store, the first in the town. Here the "customer" was served, and "travelers and boarders" lodged, while the familv had ample room for living besides. There being not enough room for beds, which would have been in the way most of the time anyway, the travelers were laid on board shelves. These were arranged in tiers up the walls of the house. They were held in place by wooden pins driven into auger holes in the log walls. They were not the most comfortable places for repose, but they served very well. Sometimes a guest would roll or fall off a shelf at night. They were surprised, but rarely injured. If one snored in his sleep the shelf above made a good sounding board. Late arrivals had to take the top shelves, mounting to them by a box or cask. But very seldom did a traveler complain. Hardly ever did a transient return if he could avoid it. The stage coaches stopped here and the tavern was known as the "Stage House." Both Wisconsin City and the tavern have long since disappeared.
GENERAL DODGE'S VISIT
It was in 1841, that General Henry Dodge, the Black Hawk War hero, came to the settlement of Cottage Grove and put up at the
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2006

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Charles E. Brown (1872-1946) was curator of the Museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and secretary of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society. He also collected a substantial body of folklore on Wisconsin Indians, lumbering, steamboating, local history, and related topics which he published in pamphlet form. Brown created these pamphlets for the Wisconsin Archaeological Society, the Wisconsin Folklore Society, courses he taught during University of Wisconsin summer sessions, and simply as privately published booklets for the amusement of his friends and colleagues. Most are only 4-8 pages long. In the printed booklets, Brown did not usually cite sources for the tales, but his correspondence and research notes are available in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives in boxes 2-10 of Wis Mss HB.

The links below will open a collection of 47 pamphlets totaling 444 pages that were issued between 1921 and 1945 (all that are known to exist). They have been grouped loosely according to subject and appear in the following order:

Mid-19th century Immigration; Development of the Railroads; Early U.S. Settlement; Farming and Rural Life; The French Fur Trade; Great Lakes Steamships and Canals; Lead Mining in SOuthwestern Wisconsin; Lumbering and Forest Products;

We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org.

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2006

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TP423234

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12 p. ; 19 cm.

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Pamphlets in Rare Book Collection

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98- 419

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pamphlet;

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of house and home, half naked, their provisions and clothing being all destroyed.
WALK RIGHT IN
One day, while a settler was away from home, a neighbor from some eight miles away, came near his cabin hunting his stray horses. Being very hungry he called to get something to cat, but the door was fastened on the inside. The owner had taken this precaution to keep hungry Indians away from his food supply. The visitor looked for another place to enter. As the owner had got out without unfastening the door, he ought to be able to get in. Climbing on the roof he removed some shingles. Soon he was in¬ side and cooking supper for himself of what the owner had on hand, and some prairie chicken eggs, which he had found. He had a rare meal for a new country. On leaving, he went out the way he came in, replacing the shingles. When he met the owner again he told him how he had enjoyed his hospitality, and of course it was all right.
THE STAGE TAVERN
In 1836, Dr. James Heath erected a building, 16 by 16 feet square, at East Wisconsin City, on the Rock River. Here he opened a tavern and a store, the first in the town. Here the "customer" was served, and "travelers and boarders" lodged, while the familv had ample room for living besides. There being not enough room for beds, which would have been in the way most of the time anyway, the travelers were laid on board shelves. These were arranged in tiers up the walls of the house. They were held in place by wooden pins driven into auger holes in the log walls. They were not the most comfortable places for repose, but they served very well. Sometimes a guest would roll or fall off a shelf at night. They were surprised, but rarely injured. If one snored in his sleep the shelf above made a good sounding board. Late arrivals had to take the top shelves, mounting to them by a box or cask. But very seldom did a traveler complain. Hardly ever did a transient return if he could avoid it. The stage coaches stopped here and the tavern was known as the "Stage House." Both Wisconsin City and the tavern have long since disappeared.
GENERAL DODGE'S VISIT
It was in 1841, that General Henry Dodge, the Black Hawk War hero, came to the settlement of Cottage Grove and put up at the
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